Only once was I caught. They just let me contract expire without extension and ghosted me.

Coders have very poor people skills. Just being a normal person the interviewers considered me exceptional and easy to talk to/work with

Do it! I pretended to be a mid level SWE early in my career. My coworkers knew my deception after month 1 but accepted it

Tell them you’re a software engineer making a good living. That explains all the little questions

There are two factions here, the “be honest, there are plenty of jobs for honest people” crowd, and the “lie and actually get a job” crowd. It’s time you joined us in the later group :)

THe US is thought of as an Anglo country, with some Blacks. So you need to let them know that it is more mixed these days including Latino

Alpha male move IMO. Have a list of excuses for meeting conflicts

Don’t worry about the “in house junior” thing, you can learn what you need remote too, I did it

Yeah. Huge boost to QOL. Also makes dense cities more fun, rather than even worse

Remote work is another thing in the societal unbundling of standards. In our company people appear to be packing more complexity into their lives and removing any time gains from commuting.

My list: Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Phnom Penh, Jakarta, Manila. I guess my favorite region is obvious

/r/solotravel is a good one

Check out Pattaya, the scene is great here as long as you’re willing to pay the girl money for taxi

How can small players fit in?